Living Planet: Episodes
As the world remembers Chernobyl, Slovakia expands its nuclear program; a new climate protection plan targets cows that pass gas; and villagers in Myanmar protest against a Chinese mining project they say is polluting their lands.
Protecting the world's food supply from desertification, more rights for Kenya's women farmers means better food security, Spanish scientists ask if improving air quality will lead to fewer hospitalizations.
Northern Europe's long winter leaves migrating storks shivering in Poland, Spain pumps energy onto the grid from Europe's first wave-powered electricity plant and tourists tear through the dunes and mud flats of Jordan's Wadi Rum desert.
Leopard attacks increase as India's urban areas grow, Vietnamese fishers in Lousiana leave the wild waters and turn to aquaculture, Sarajevo reclaims its green spaces, more than 2 decades after the city was destroyed by war.
A volcanic colony living above molten lava, Ethiopian beekeepers take lessons from Italian apiarists and Rwandan women turn their village on to solar power.
This week Living Planet patrols a Cambodian forest searching for illegal loggers, we swing through the trees with the Golden Lion tamarin monkey and we remember Egyptian conservationist Mindy Baha El Din, who died earlier this week.
Rangers rescue scaly anteaters from poachers in the Cambodian forest, a global crackdown on the illegal wildlife trade and a new fish farm lands the Irish government in hot water.
Climate warriors, fearless farmers and Antarctic ice smashers... Living Planet celebrates women who nurture and protect the planet.
This week on Living Planet, as the civil trial against BP begins in New Orleans, we visit Louisiana to check on fishermen who say they are still affected by the 2010 oil spill. Also, we meet a group of volunteers who are repairing parks in Sarajevo still damaged by conflict, we learn about new European ...
The European Union renews its commitments to carbon trading, vegetable gardens sprout to life with the help of the World Vegetable Center and Germany’s sewage systems are copied for the processing of water around the world.
The electric car industry revs its engines, but sales are low-velocity, Peruvians look for ways to provide clean water and Canada's First Nations demand better protection of the land.
A paper company halts its bulldozers in the forests of Indonesia, Germany rejects studies that say low-frequency sound from turbines causes illness and food experts examine the ethics of foreign investment in agriculture.
The return of wild wolf packs divides conservationists and farmers in Germany, Dutch courts issue a mixed verdict in the Nigerian oil spill case against Shell and farmers clash with indigenous groups in Brazil.
Climate change tops agendas at the World Economic Forum, the legendary giant squid is captured on camera and investors make a land grab in Colombia.
Hunters wade into the Florida Everglades to kill predatory pythons, the Indian city of Bhopal struggles for survival 30 years after a catastrophic industrial accident and a Scottish farmer builds a home constructed from recycled materials.
This week, as high temperatures ravage parts of the southern hemisphere, we have a closer look at global warming. We profile a green protest movement in Buenos Aires, climate researcher Clemens Simmer is in the studio for a chat and we hear about a biomethane project in South Africa. Plus, we dive into ...
This week we look at food production and the impact it has on the earth. We go from a farmer's market in Bonn, to preparing meat for traditional Muslim holidays, to struggling farmers in Fukushima. And, we look at how Brazilian restaurants are composting the extras that they don't need.
In our final broadcast of the year we look back at the most important environment stories of 2012. From saving rainforests to nuclear power to dumpster diving, this week's show has everything an environment buff could hope for. Also, don't miss our trash quiz too.
Climate talks inspire innovation in host nation Qatar, Hurricane Sandy prompts new thinking on sustainability in New York and the spread of ash dieback triggers a trade ban in Britain.
Andrea Rönsberg gives us an update from the climate conference in Qatar - Changing priorities in China, as the issue of air quality starts to get more importance - In northern Germany, natural gas goes up against wind power - Buenos Aires locals are angry at pollution in the Riachuelo